Eight months ahead of the US presidential election, the campaign moves from the parties' nominating contests to the trench warfare of what promises to be a brutal head-to-head showdown. President Joe Biden, 81, and predecessor Donald Trump, 77, emerged from a primary season that has inflicted battle scars on both, raising questions over their judgment and mental acuity. Both see their Nov. 5 rematch as an existential moment for America and they have already spent months trading deeply personal insults in a bruising start to the campaign.

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The European Parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to wide-ranging EU rules to govern artificial intelligence, including powerful systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Senior European Union officials say the rules will protect citizens from the possible risks of a technology developing at breakneck speed, while also fostering innovation on the continent. Brussels has sprinted to pass the new law since ChatGPT arrived on the scene in late 2022, unleashing a global AI race.

WILL THE US FOLLOW SUIT WITH SWEEPING AI REGULATIONS?

American director Oliver Stone said the legal proceedings against Donald Trump are "all political" and that the ex-president was a victim of "lawfare" -- when prosecutions are used to silence political figures. However, the 77-year-old director said that he would not vote for Trump in this November's US presidential election. But, true to form, he said he would not be voting for incumbent President Joe Biden either.

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Oliver Stone directed "Born on the Fourth of July" but he actually shares a birthday with what good friend and actor in some of his movies?

Wednesday's answer: On May 11, 1997, Garry Kasparov resigned after 19 moves in a match against Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. Kasparov lost two games to one, with three draws.